Anti-Calvinists typically argue that "in him" in Ephesians 1:4 means that election is conditionally based on foreseen faith in Christ....

In this fourth part of my “What is Calvinism” series, I want to address the doctrine of Limited Atonement or Particular Redemption. Some of you have asked why I didn’t begin with Total Depravity and then work my way through the TULIP acrostic. The short answer is, because I wanted to. I’m on only kidding.

Penal Substitutionary Atonement Defended As a Key to Understanding Calvinism and Limited Atonement…

Today I want to cover the importance of understanding different atonement theories and especially Penal Substitutionary Atonement…

There are two issues that really seem to boil the blood of some believers today...

<p>Thank you for your question. I am happy to address it. First, let’s look at the passages you asked about. Luke 12:47-48 (LSB) says, 47 “And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many beatings,48 but the one who did not [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Is man free or is man determined? This debate has raged for millennia. It is an existential question that does not begin with Calvin or Augustine. It was discussed by Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers like Leucippus, Democritus, and Heraclitus in the 5th Century BC, around the time of the Babylonian Captivity of the Jews. Stoics like [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Is God’s Foreknowledge only an attribute or is it also an action? Thomas Aquinas, Millard J. Erickson, Louis Berkhof, and Wayne Grudem all acknowledge Foreknowledge as a noun is an aspect of the broader aspect of God’s omniscience. God’s foreknowing is an action verb and the first cause of all things. πρόγνωσις (noun)prognōsis foreknowledge Lexical [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Where are the IFB when it comes to calling out one of their own? Let&#8217;s talk about one who needs to be marked and avoided. But it isn&#8217;t John MacArthur. Some fundamentalists have decided to accuse John MacArthur of heresy regarding the blood of Christ &#8212; again. This issue was put to bed decades ago, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>2 Peter 3:9 (KJV)9&nbsp;The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. If we look at this verse outside of its context, then it may easily be used to teach either Universalism, Provisionism, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Let’s Talk about “Baal Gate” and the notion of “Non-Elect Infants”. And I want to warn you. This entire video needs a gigantic trigger warning. You almost need to sign a waiver before you watch it. This is such a sensitive issue and it would be insensitive of me to expect everyone to check their [&hellip;]</p>